Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

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On Apr 19, 11:51 am, "Apu Inmypants" <A...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "I brive a dus" <alarminst...@xxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:1176997547.098544.143710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > He also said they were based out of PA and the company name is
> > Guardian.
>
> http://www.alarms4me.com/
>
> dis da perp?

I'm not sure who the exact installer was as they didn't leave a card
or anything, but that company is an authorized dealer for my
monitoring company.  The website for Guardian is http://www.guardianprotection.com/
. It is them that I've had difficulty with.  They used Guardian-
branded First Alert keypads (or at least did at the time my alarm was
installed).  After my treatment so far, there's no way I'd ever use
them for monitoring, so don't worry about that.  At some point I'll
probably hook it up to a monitoring company, but probably not for
awhile.  Perhaps I'll leave everything as it is for now and replace it
with a modern system in a year or so.  I'm just finding it hard to
justify a $150 expenditure on old hardware that few people are going
to have experience with.  It's a tough decision.

Honestly, there's no way I can go after these guys.  While they say on
the phone that I own the system, I have no proof that's indeed the
case.  The word of some rep on the phone wouldn't hold up in any
court, so that's not the way to go.  I'm going  to try again in a
little while to get them to change their minds and come out and fix
the thing.  If I pay them for their time to make the change I simply
don't see what the big deal is.  Maybe I can get a hold of someone
more sympathetic.

As for the smoke detectors, these particular units do have 9V backup
batteries in them.  There are two separate cables coming out of them,
so I think one goes back to the alarm and one to the house's breaker
panel (can't tell for sure, breaker and alarm are 4" apart and covered
with insulation).  I'll try the posted method tonight to ensure that
they'll work without the alarm enabled.  The house is not currently
inhabited, so there's no immediate risk.  I'll make sure that's taken
care of before we move in for sure.